Post by troyaikman on Jun 18, 2013 13:38:49 GMT -5

I don't really want to get into this because I see you are going to be uber sensitive/melodramatic.

I will just say they could have found another bass player.

I agree, actually - I was surprised that they didn't bring in a fill in, but whatever.

I'm just wondering why you think this is something that will repeat. Do you honestly think that this shifty group of no-good bootblack looking motherf*ckers will find another way to worm out of performing for a massive payday in front of a huge crowd?

If I was putting on a festival of this magnitude I wouldn't trust them to be a headliner. Pretty simple. They said they were going to play 2 days before the festival started, just play.

Post by troyaikman on Jun 18, 2013 13:43:09 GMT -5

If I was putting on a festival of this magnitude I wouldn't trust them to be a headliner. Pretty simple. They said they were going to play 2 days before the festival started, just play.

So it's a combination of the two - you think a) there's a possibility that this extremely rare and random occurrence will repeat in some form or fashion, and b) they're a bunch of dirty liars who don't know how to hold up their end of the contract. Brilliant.

I think you are over complicating things. Can you imagine the backlash if they did cancel again? Is it worth it? Wouldn't be if I was AC.

Post by troyaikman on Jun 18, 2013 13:57:26 GMT -5

I think you are over complicating things. Can you imagine the backlash if they did cancel again? Is it worth it? Wouldn't be if I was AC.

They didn't just cancel just because they're jerks. If one of the band members suffered a very rare and extremely unlikely medical emergency, again, next year? I doubt there would be backlash. If anything, people would bemoan the incredible coincidence, and shake their fists at the spiteful deity which had directed its wrath towards these be-suspendered minstrels.

I don't know if they are brought back next year to "make up" for the missed show, but if they aren't, it won't be because the powers-that-be are superstitious and uneducated to the point where they think that a brain hemorrhage is either a sign of unprofessionalism or a harbinger of further misfortune.

Yea, I mean I don't care at all. I was going to skip them, and did skip JJ to get on the rail for the Super Jam.

I know you are being intentionally obtuse, at least I hope so, but the problem isn't the brain hemorrhage. The problem is saying you're going to play 2 days before the festival and then cancelling at the last fucking minute. It reeks of pussy. Find a new bass player and let's roll.

Post by troyaikman on Jun 18, 2013 14:23:44 GMT -5

I know you are being intentionally obtuse, at least I hope so, but the problem isn't the brain hemorrhage. The problem is saying you're going to play 2 days before the festival and then cancelling at the last quacking minute. It reeks of panda. Find a new bass player and let's roll.

I'm not being obtuse, at all. You seem to think that their decision not to play was unprofessional, and therefore deserving of retribution by not being asked to play again. I think you're nuts if you don't think Bonnaroo was aware a week in advance that they may not play; I would be shocked if they weren't told "look, we're going to try and play, but we might not make it." I'd be stunned if AC/Superfly was at all shocked by the news.

I'd also love you to find me another example of where a band had a member suffer a very serious and life-threatening medical ailment and didn't cancel shows, regardless of whether they could replace that member or not. Unless they all hate each other, that would be a ridiculously callous thing to do.

And I don't even like the band.

I don't care enough to keep arguing about this. I'm also not going to pretend to know what M&S did or didn't tell AC. This is ridiculous.

They knew the situation when the announced they were going to play on Wednesday. Play. That's all.

Post by yezzir on Jun 18, 2013 18:42:21 GMT -5

Led Zeppelin if they get back together highly unlikely I know but I'm pretty sure Robert Plant likes performing at bonnaroo so I'll keep my fingers crossed

please stop. this will not happen. im pretty confident saying it will never happen. please, just stop. we arent getting led zeppelin and we arent getting the stones. can we just accept that and move on, instead of going over this non stop for a year?

Post by Pops on Jun 18, 2013 20:46:15 GMT -5

Please anyone who is saying "Mumford should have just gotten another bass player and played anyway. How hard can it be?" stop. I heard it all weekend and it never stopped making the person saying it sound like an idiot.